Isao Kimura
Acting
1923-06-22 · Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isao Kimura (木村 功 Kimura Isao), also known as Kō Kimura, was a Japanese actor. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa. The first was Stray Dog (1949) as Yusa the criminal. Perhaps his most notable collaboration with Kurosawa was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro. During his career he also appeared in several films directed by Mikio Naruse as well as appearing in the famous Lone Wolf and Cub film series. In addition to a film career spanning almost thirty years, Kimura founded and directed an acting company which ultimately went bankrupt. He died of esophageal cancer at 57 years old.
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002 · Movie
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980 · Series
Ayu no uta
1979 · Series
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978 · Series
Invitation from the Beach
1978 · Movie
Fuyu no Undokai
1977 · Series
My Brother
1976 · Movie
遺書 白い少女
1976 · Movie
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · Movie
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974 · Movie
Confessions Among Actresses
1971 · Movie
Will to Conquer
1970 · Movie
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970 · Movie
Fill the Cup with Blood
1969 · Movie
Sky Scraper!
1969 · Movie
Where did Sharaku go?
1968 · Movie
Black Lizard
1968 · Movie
Secret Information
1968 · Movie
Affair in the Snow
1968 · Movie
Impasse
1967 · Movie
The Journey
1967 · Movie
Rusty Pendant
1967 · Movie
The Affair
1967 · Movie
Look Up, Noble One
1966 · Movie
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966 · Movie
Conquest
1965 · Movie
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · Movie
Snow Country
1965 · Movie
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964 · Movie
The Shape of Night
1964 · Movie
Camellia Gate
1964 · Movie
Could I But Live
1964 · Movie
Assassination
1964 · Movie
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Movie
Yakuza of Seki
1963 · Movie
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · Movie
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963 · Movie
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963 · Movie
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 · Movie
High and Low
1963 · Movie
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 · Movie
Four Sisters
1962 · Movie
The Thinking Leaf
1962 · Movie
Our Marriage
1962 · Movie
Knightly Advice
1962 · Movie
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 · Movie
Nippon no obaachan
1962 · Movie
Hokkaido, My Love
1962 · Movie
The Eighth Enemy
1961 · Movie
City
1961 · Movie
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961 · Movie
Young Lord Yakuza
1961 · Movie
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · Movie
Daigaku buyū-den
1961 · Movie
The Harbor Lights
1961 · Movie
Beware of The Gunman
1961 · Movie
The Stragglers
1960 · Movie
The Brass General
1960 · Movie
Hero of the Red Light District
1960 · Movie
White Cliffs
1960 · Movie
Tokyo Detective Girl
1959 · Movie
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959 · Movie
Hahakogusa
1959 · Movie
The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · Movie
Summer Clouds
1958 · Movie
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 · Movie
Little Peach
1958 · Movie
Vice
1958 · Movie
The Story of Pure Love
1957 · Movie
Showdown in Blood
1957 · Movie
Price of Beauty
1957 · Movie
Rice
1957 · Movie
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957 · Movie
Throne of Blood
1957 · Movie
Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes
1956 · Movie
Tengoku wa doko da
1956 · Movie
Avalanche
1956 · Movie
The Wife is a University Student
1956 · Movie
I Saw the Killer
1956 · Movie
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 · Movie
Yukiko
1955 · Movie
Beautiful Days
1955 · Movie
Ofukuro
1955 · Movie
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955 · Movie
A Billionaire
1954 · Movie
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954 · Movie
Student Double Suicide
1954 · Movie
Cape Ashizuri
1954 · Movie
Seven Samurai
1954 · Movie
The End of a Day
1954 · Movie
At the End of the Clouds
1953 · Movie
Mr. Pu
1953 · Movie
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953 · Movie
Vacuum Zone
1952 · Movie
Ikiru
1952 · Movie
Violence
1952 · Movie
The Yamabiko School
1952 · Movie
Sekidô matsuri
1951 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1951 · Movie
Still I Live On
1951 · Movie
The Love Letter Trial
1951 · Movie
Weeping Doll
1951 · Movie
Elegy
1951 · Movie
Beyond Love and Hate
1951 · Movie
The Angry Street
1950 · Movie
Stray Dog
1949 · Movie
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947 · Movie
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942 · Movie